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Collocations for high school - noun

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ADJECTIVE

junior, senior
local, private, public
Catholic

VERB + high school

enter, start
go to
I went to high school in Ohio.
complete, finish, graduate from
drop out of
He dropped out of high school when he was seventeen.

HIGH-SCHOOL + NOUN

class
Jessica went to Yale after graduating at the top of her high-school class.
freshman, junior, senior, sophomore
grad, graduate
dropout
buddy, classmate, friend, sweetheart
He married his high-school sweetheart.
dance, graduation, prom
degree, diploma
education
career
During her high-school career in Virginia she won ten state titles.
days, years
Mitsuka was almost at the end of her high-school years.
yearbook
reunion
athlete, cheerleader, coach, player
athletics, ball, basketball, football, etc.
He played high-school ball at St. Peters.
gym
biology, chemistry, etc.
level
physics classes at the high-school level

PREPOSITION

after high school
What do you plan to do after high school?
during high school
Janine dated many boys during high school.
from high school
an old friend from high school
in high school
I was a senior in high school.
We knew each other back in high school.
I'd known her since my sophomore year in high school.
through high school
She had good grades all the way through high school.

PHRASES

fresh out of high school, right out of high school, straight out of high school
an 18-year-old kid who is fresh out of high school

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